EA and Full Circle have announced the start of console playtests for the upcoming Skate game. The tests are open to registered 'Skate Insiders' and will be available on both PlayStation and Xbox platforms. While the game is still without a set release date, an early access launch is targeted for early 2025.
After years of fan demand, EA finally announced a new Skate game back in 2020 (officially titled skate.), but it and developer Full Circle have otherwise been very quiet about it ever since. There were a handful of leaks from insider playtests for the PC version, but these came from pre-alpha builds, so they weren’t necessarily indicative about how the game will look and play.
Fortunately, it seems more people will be getting to try out the new Skate in the near future, as EA and Full Circle have announced the start of console playtesting. EA and Full Circle have been running PC playtests for a couple of years now, but these have never been public ones that anyone can just hop into. To participate, you have to register as a Skate insider via the game’s official website. While it doesn’t guarantee an invite, it is your only chance for gaining access to future playtests. Being a Skate insider also means you’ll unlock an exclusive skateboard and stickers as a participation award in the full game upon its launch. It sounds like console playtests have already begun and should be available on both PlayStation and Xbox platforms. As a reminder, the new Skate is slated for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5, although there are also plans for a mobile port later down the line. If you are already registered and haven’t received an invite yet, EA and Full Circle are asking you to be patient, since the plan is to ‘invite new players who are registered as we go.’ When will Skate be released? With any luck, everyone will be able to play the new Skate sometime this year, but at the moment it doesn’t have a set release date. Back in September, EA and Full Circle announced an early access launch should be ready to go in early 2025. If console playtesting has just started, the early access version should be available in a couple of months. At the very least, unless EA says otherwise, we should be seeing Skate become publicly available before the end of June. This will be the first Skate game in over a decade (Skate 3 came out in 2010), but EA and Full Circle have stressed this is not a sequel, hence why it’s not called Skate 4, but nor is it a reboot. It is being designed as a live service game, meaning it will be free-to-play with microtransactions. EA has promised there will be no paid-for loot boxes, although some playtesters claim to have found evidence of their existence in a previous beta. With no new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater anywhere to be seen, now’s the perfect time for Skate to make a comeback.
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